Republican Reality

Published: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 9:01 a.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 9:01 a.m.

A basic concept in evolution is that living things donít change to survive, they survive because they change. What that means is through random mutations life forms develop attributes that better enable them to survive in an ever changing environment; the survivors live to reproduce and pass on the new capability.
This country needs at least two viable political parties but the Republican Party has not paid heed to those within it that have recognized the changing national and world environment. Instead, they have purged those members and followed the path of those who cling to policies and beliefs that do not fit the world today.
Like it or not the world has evolved since the 1950ís and to continue our role as a world leader we must evolve as well. There are still people, mostly older white people, who cherish the days when there was little economic competition and even less attention paid to other cultures. Well, Ozzie and Harriet never was reality and if the Republican Party wants to thrive today it must stop trying to appeal to those who think it was. Those perceived good old days were not all that good for many people in this country and the world and those people have grown over the past six or seven decades. The Republicans must recognize that reality or face the ultimate fate of evolutionary forces.
Steven T Donatone Hampstead

A basic concept in evolution is that living things don’t change to survive, they survive because they change. What that means is through random mutations life forms develop attributes that better enable them to survive in an ever changing environment; the survivors live to reproduce and pass on the new capability.
This country needs at least two viable political parties but the Republican Party has not paid heed to those within it that have recognized the changing national and world environment. Instead, they have purged those members and followed the path of those who cling to policies and beliefs that do not fit the world today.
Like it or not the world has evolved since the 1950’s and to continue our role as a world leader we must evolve as well. There are still people, mostly older white people, who cherish the days when there was little economic competition and even less attention paid to other cultures. Well, Ozzie and Harriet never was reality and if the Republican Party wants to thrive today it must stop trying to appeal to those who think it was. Those perceived good old days were not all that good for many people in this country and the world and those people have grown over the past six or seven decades. The Republicans must recognize that reality or face the ultimate fate of evolutionary forces.
<br /> Steven T Donatone <br /> Hampstead